Organ.



PATENTBD MAR. 7, l1905.

J. BINNIG.

ORGAN.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 23.` 190s.

UNITED STATES Patented March 7, 1905..

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB BINNIG, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I-IALF TO MASON & HAMLIN COMPANY, OF CAh/IBRIDG-E, h'IASSACHUSET'lS, A

CORPORATION OF DELAI/VARIE,

ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 784,203, dated March "K, 1905.

Application filed January 23, 1903. Serial No. 140,286.

Be it known that I, JACOB BTNNIG, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, State oi' Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Organs, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying' d rawings, is a speciiication, like numerals on the drawings representing' like parts.

I O This invention relates to organs,`and has especial reference to thevalve which controls the communication between the register windchest and the sound-producing device or devices; and the object is to secure a valve which I5 will be simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which will operate to admit the air to the sound-producing device with the freedom necessary to make the instrument most eii'ective.

In the embodiment of my invention which 2O I have herein illustrated the valve comprises a iiexible diaphragm which extends across the usual valvechamber, which is located between the usual register wind-chest and the sound-producing device, and said diaphragm coacts with a Valve-seat which is made by an annular lip or 'liange which surrounds the port leading' from the wind-chest into the valvechamber and which extends into the valvechamber. The result is a valve in which the valve-seat is situated some distance trom the sideotl the val ve-chamber. Iith this construction whenever the valve, whether it be in the nature of a diaphragm or ot' any other construction, is raised from its seat the air is permitted to flow freely from the wind-chest to the sound-producing device.

l In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view throug'h certain parts of the organ, showing my improved construction; and

40 Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial section on substantially the line w af, Fig. l.

3 designates the usual register wind-chest, which may be of any usual or suitable construction and which will either be connected to a force-bellows or a suction-bellows, ac-

cording to the particular type of organ in which my improvements are used.

4L indicates a sound-producing device, which may be oi' any suitable or usual construction, though that herein illustrated is in the nature of one of the pipes of a pipe-organ. This invention, however, can be used in connection with other sound-producing devices without changing' its mode oi' operation.

Between the sound-producing device and register wind-chest is the usual valve-chamber 5, in which is situated the valve 'lor controlling the communication between said parts, it being understood that the valvechamber is connected to the sound-producing device by a port 6 and also with the windchest by a port 7. ticularly to the construction of the valve, which will now be described.

Extending across the valve-chamber and. dividing it into compartments S and 9 is a ilexible .diapln'agm I() of some suitable materialsuch as sheepskin, leather, dce. This diaphragm coaets with a valve-seat Il, shown in this embodiment ot' my invention as in the form of an annular lip or ilange l2, which surrounds the port 7 and projects from the wall of the valve-chamber and into the latter. This lip or flange may either be integral with the Vabre-chamber wall or may be Aformed by the projecting end ol a bushing 1?), which is litted to said port, The compartment S ot' the valve-chamber communicates through a suitable port or duct 14 either with the atmosphere or with an action \\'indchamber, as determined by any usual valve, one liorm of which will be presently described. The airpressurc in the register wilul-cluunher i3 is normally slightly less than that in the action wind-chamber I9, and under normal comlitions the compartment S ot' the valve-chainber will have commuilication with the action windchamber. Under these conditions the valve I() will be held to its seat, as shown at the left` Fig. l, and coi'nmunication between the register wind-chamber and the sound-producing' device will be closed. When, however, the key oi' the organ corresponding to the sound-producing device 4@ is operated, the compartment S otl the valve-chamber will be open to the atmosphere and the pressure therey invention relates parin relieved. As a consequence the greater pressure in the wind-chest 3 will lift the valve from its seat, as shown at the right, Fig. 1, thus allowingair to pass from the wind-chamber 3 to the sound-producing device. Since the valve is situated some distance from that wall of the valve-chamber which is adjacent the wind-chest 3, the air can flow Jfreely over the valve-seat 11 into the compartment 9 of said valve-chamber and thence to the soundproducing device.

T he mechanism for controlling' the air-pressure in the compartment 8 may be of any suitable or usual type. As herein illustrated the duct 14 opens into a chamber 15, having a port 16 leading to the atmosphere and a port 17 leading into active wind-chamber 19, which is connected with the bellows by a pipe 2O and which contains the pneumatic 18 for operating' the valves 21 and 22, which control the ports 16 and 17, respectively. rlhe pneumatic is connected by a suitable pipe Q3 and port 24 with an action wind-chamber 25, which will be connected to a suitable force-bellows. A spring-pressed valve 28 normally covers the port 24, and said valve is connected, through suitable lever mechanism 29, to one ot' the o1'- dinary manual-keys 30. With this construction it will be observed that whenever the key 3() is depressed the valve 28 will be opened and air-pressure admitted to the pneumatic or motor 18 from the chamber 25. rlhe eX- panding of the pneumatic will raise the valves 21 22, thus closing the port 17 and opening the port 16, as indicated at the right, Fig. 1. This places the compartment 8 ol the valvechamber in communication with the atmosphere and relieves the pressure therein, lthus allowing the valve 10 to open, as above described.

In construct-ing the organ there will be a valve-chamber 5 for each pipe of each register or series of pipes, and preferably these valve-chambers will be formed in a plank or board 30, which extends across the front o'f the organ, said plank or board having in its upper edge the ports 6, to which the soundproducing devices or pipes are connected. in most pipe-organs a plurality of series or registers of pipes are employed, and when such is the case l will preferably arrange the valve-chambers as shown in Fig. lthat is, the valve-chambers for two adjacent series ot' pipes will be placed back to back and the compartments 8 of the opposing chambers of the two series will open into the same duct 14. It is necessary, however, in this case to employ a separate register wind-chest 3 for the second series of soundproducing devices 4.

4n and 4" designate two other series or registers ol sound-producing devices, and 3 and 3 are the corresliionding register wind-chests.

lThe valve and valve-chamber between each of these wind-chests and the corresponding sound-producing1 device have the same construction as that already described, and the valvemechanism for controlling the air-pressure in the compartments 8 is similar to that already described.

The novel feature of this invention resides in a construction in which the valve-seat is situated between the opposite walls olI the valve-chamber, so that when the valve is raised from its seat the air can v(low through the valve-chamber with the greatest possible freedom. Vlt will be obvious. therefore, that many changes may be made in the construction herein shown without departing from the invention.

I'Iaving described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. ln an organ, a sound-prmlucingl device, a valve-chamber commi'inicating therewith, a wind-chest, a port leading from said windchest and terminating` in an annular valve-seat which is located between the opposite walls el said valve-chamber, and a valve in said chamber to coact with said seat to control the conimunication between the wind-chest and the. sound-producing device.

2. ln an organ,a sound-prmlucing device, a valve-chamber communicating therewith, a wind-chest, a port leading troni said windchest and terminating in an annular valve-seat which is located between the opposite walls olt said valve-chamber, and a diaphragm-valve in said chamber to coact with said seat to control the communication between the wind-chest and the sound-produeing device, said valve being spaced from the walls ot' said chamber.

3. In an organ, a sound-producing device, a valve-chamber communicating therewith, a diaphragm-valve extendingl across said valvechamber and located between and spaced vfrom the opposite walls thereof, a port connectingl the wind-chest and valve-chamber and terminating in a valve-seat coacting with said valve to control the communication between the wind-chest and sound-producing device, saidl valve-seat being situated between the planes ot' said walls of the valve-clnmxber.

4. ln an organ, a souinl-producing device, a valve-chamber, a fiexible diaphragm extending acros's said chamber and .lividing it into two compartments one of which comniunicates with the sound-prod ueing device, a wind-chest, a port connecting the wind-chest and said lastnanled com partmcnt o'lE the valve-chan'iber, and terminatingin a valve-seat located between the planes of the opposite walls ot' the valve-chamber and adapted to coact with the diaphragm, and means to control the air-pressure in the other compartment ot' the valve-chamber.

5. In an organ, a wind-chest, a valve-chamber, a sound-producing device communicating` with the valve-chamber, a port connecting the wind-chest and the valve-chamber, an annular lip or llange surrounding` .said port andv pro- IOO jecting into the valve-chamber, the end of said lip or flange constitutinga valve-seat, and a valvev to engage the seat and cut off communication between the wind-chest and soundproducing device.

6. In an organ, a wind-chest, a-valve-chamber, a sound-producing device communicating with the valve-chamber, a port connecting the wind-chest and the valve-chamber, an annular' lip or flange surrounding said port and projecting' into the valve-chamber, the end oi' said lip or iiange constituting'avalve-seat, and a diaphragm-valve located between the opposite walls of the valve-chamber to engage the seat and cut oli communication between the wind-chest and sound-producing device.

7. In an organ, a sound-producing' device, a wind-chest, a valve-chamber, a diaphragm extending' across and dividing' said chamber 'into two compartments, one of which communicates with both the sound-producing device and the wind-chest, a lip or liange surrounding the port between the valve-chamber and wind-chest, and projecting' into the valve-chamber, the end of said lip or flange constituting' a valve-seat against which the diaphragm is adapted to seat to cut oli communication between the wind-chest and soundproducing device.

8. In an organ, a sound-producing device, a wind-chest, a valve-chamber, a diaphragm extending across and dividing said chamber into two compartments one of which communicates with both the sound-producing device and the wind-chest, means to control the wind-pressure in the other of said compartments, a lip or flange surrounding the port between the wind-chest and valve-chamber and projecting into the latter, the end of said lip or -ilange constituting a valve-seat against which the diaphragm is adapted to seat to cut ofi' communication between the wind-chest and sound-producing device.

9. In an organ, a wind-chest, a valve-chamber, a sound-producing device connected with the valve-chamber, a port connecting the windchest and valve-chamber, a bushing in said port and extending into the valve-chamber, and a diaphragm-valve separated from the walls ot' the valve-chamber and adapted to be seated on the end of said bushing, said valve operating to control communication between the wind-chest and sound-producing device.

IO. In an organ, a sound-producing device, a wind-chest, a if'alve-chamber having opposite parallel walls, a diaphram extending across said chamber parallel to said walls and dividing the chamber into two independent compartments, a port connecting one compartment of the valve-chamber with the soundproducing device, another port connecting' said compartment with the wind-chest, an annular liange surrounding said latter port and projecting into the valve-chamber and termihating in a valve-seat with which the diaphragm coacts.

ll. In an organ, two sound-producing devices, a wind-chest, and a valve-chamber for for each sound-producing device, a diaphragm extending across each valve-chamber and dividing it into two compartments, one compartment of each chamber communicating with the corresponding sound-producing device and also with the corresponding windchest, the other compartments of said valvechambers communicating' with each other, means to control the air-pressurein said lastnamed compartments, and a lip or flange surrounding the port leading from each windchest to the corresponding valve-chamber, and projecting' into the latter, the end of said lip or iiange constituting a valve-seat for the diaphragm.

In testimonjv whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB BINNIG. Witnesses:

LoUIs C. SMITH, Geo. IV. (rmioonr. 

